05-08-2008, 04:06 AM
Typical May-June gloom. It's a climate feature. Ocean's still cold, desert's het up. As the thermal rises in the east it draws in the cool marine air from the ocean. It condenses and backs up against the mountains.
A nice place to go this time of year through mid-July is up in the mountains - above 5000 ft, which is just above the cloud deck. It sometimes appears as if you could walk off the mountains, onto the cloud deck and just keep going forever.
It's otherwise miserable along the coast. We won't regularly see the sun again for a few months. "Night and morning low clouds and fog … with limited clearing in the late afternoon … " It's a feature, not a bug.
Saves on the AC.
A nice place to go this time of year through mid-July is up in the mountains - above 5000 ft, which is just above the cloud deck. It sometimes appears as if you could walk off the mountains, onto the cloud deck and just keep going forever.
It's otherwise miserable along the coast. We won't regularly see the sun again for a few months. "Night and morning low clouds and fog … with limited clearing in the late afternoon … " It's a feature, not a bug.
Saves on the AC.